{"conversationCode":"017-128","tapeNumber":17,"conversationNumber":128,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-017-128","startDateTime":"1972-01-01T16:54:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1972-01-01T19:42:00.000Z","startDate":"1-Jan-1972","startTime":"11:54 AM","endDate":"1-Jan-1972","endTime":"2:42 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On January 1, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 11:54 am and 2:42 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 017-128 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"WHT","recordingDevice":"White House Telephone","latitudeEstimated":38.89767,"longitudeEstimated":-77.03655,"chronCode":2,"chronRelease":"Second Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"26-Oct-2000","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 17-128\n\nDate: January 1, 1972\nTime: Unknown between 11:54 am and 2:42 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe President talked with the White House operator.\n\n     Request for a call to H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman","filename":["017-128.mp3"],"tapeStart":"04:34:11","tapeEnd":"04:34:18","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"017-127","nextCode":"017-129","transcript":[{"start":3.83,"end":4.42,"text":"Yes, please."},{"start":4.44,"end":5.82,"text":"Mr. Haldeman, please, again."},{"start":5.84,"end":6.63,"text":"Yes, sir."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the White House operator to place an urgent follow-up call to his Chief of Staff, H.R. Haldeman. This brief administrative exchange served solely to facilitate direct communication with a key advisor on New Year's Day. No substantive policy matters were addressed during this connection process.","topics":["H. R. Haldeman","White House operations","Presidential communication"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T00:53:20.307Z"},"topicSlugs":["h-r-haldeman","white-house-operations","presidential-communication"],"audioDurationSec":7,"audioFiles":[{"file":"017-128.mp3","bytes":177422,"durationSec":7.32,"bitrate":193881,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:24.620Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/017-128.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/017-128","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/17/conversation-017-128","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}